• MEBBE
adv. 1825 Eng. dial. – maybe
• MEBLE
adj. 1845 Sc. – movable
• MECH
n. 1918 Brit. sl. – a mechanic
• MECHANIC
n. 1. 1909 US sl. – in gambling: a cheat who manipulates the cards or dice
n. 2. 1949 US sl. – in the underworld: a specialist for hire
n. 3. 1973 sl. – a professional killer
n. 4. 1980 US sl. – any safety device worn by a circus performer
n. 5. 1985 US sl. – an accomplished, skilled lover
• MECHANICAL
n. 1992 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘nigger’ (Mechanical Digger), offensive – a Black person
• MECHANICAL AND ARTISTIC PURPOSES
n. 1975 Amer. dial. – devious or illicit intentions
• MECHANICAL COW
n. World War I Amer. sl. – an airplane that is clumsy in the air
• MECHANICAL DIGGER
n. 1992 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘nigger’, offensive – a Black person
• MECHANICAL FLEA
n. World War I Amer. sl. – a Ford automobile, esp. one used by the military
• MECHANICKER
n. 1861 Eng. dial. – a mechanic, a workman
• MECHANICS’ ALLEY
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a poor or run-down part of a town or city
• MECHANICS’ AVENUE
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a poor or run-down part of a town or city
• MECHANIC’S GRIP
n. 2003 US sl. – in card trickery: a method of holding the deck that favours cheating
• MECHANIC STREET
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a poor or run-down part of a town or city
• MECHANIZED DANDRUFF
n. 1944 US military sl. – lice or fleas
• MECHANOPHOBIA
n. Bk1991 – an abnormal aversion to or fear of machinery
• MECHATION
n. 1656 obs. rare – adultery; fornication; whoredom
• MECKANT
adj. Bk1905 Sc. – romping, frolicsome
• MECKLEKECKLE
adj. 1894 Eng. dial. – poor in quality or fibre
• MECONOPHAGIST
n. 1886 – an ‘opium-eater’; a user of opium
• MED
adj. 1933 US sl. – medical
• THE MED
n. 1943 Brit. sl. – the Mediterranean Sea; the lands generally known as the Mediterranean
• MEDDEM
n. Bk1905 Sc. – an irritation or tickling in the nose (supposed by the superstitious to indicate that a visitor is coming)
• MEDDICK
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – medicine
• MEDDLE
vb. 1. 1937 Amer. dial. – to fight; to fight with
vb. 2. 1971 Amer. dial. – to make sexual advances
vb. 3. 20C US sl. – to coit a woman; to copulate with a person of the opposite sex
• MEDDLE AROUND
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to fool around; to go about aimlessly looking for distraction
• MEDDLE BOX
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – an interfering nosy person; a busybody
• MEDDLE-MAKE
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to interfere
• MEDDLE-MAKING
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – mischief-making; strife-sowing
• MEDDLE OR MAKE
vb. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to interfere in matters which do not concern one
• MEDDLEOUS
adj. c1430 obs. rare – meddlesome
• MEDDLESOME BOX
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – an interfering nosy person; a busybody
• MEDDLESOME MATILDY
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – an interfering nosy person; a busybody
• MEDDLESOME MATTIE
n. 1946 Amer. dial. – an interfering nosy person; a busybody
• MEDDLE WITH
vb. Bk1903 sl. – to possess carnally
• MED HEAD
n. 1998 NZ sl. – a member of the military police
• MEDIA FLU
n. 2002 Brit. sl. – a runny nose and consequent sniffing as symptoms of cocaine use
• MEDIC
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. –medicine
• MEDICAMENTING
n. 1823 Sc. –medical attendance
• MEDICIAN
n. 1597 obs. – a physician
• MEDICINE
adj. L19 US sl. – persuasive
n. 1. 1851 Eng. dial. – drink
n. 2. Bk1905 Sc. – anything disagreeable or bitter, as medicine
n. 3. 1927 Amer. dial. – knowledge, information
• MEDICINE BIRD
n. 1917 Amer. dial. – a roadrunner
• MEDICINER
n. 1610 Sc. – a physician, a doctor
• MEDICINE SHARP
n. 1897 US jocular usage – a physician
• MEDICINE TONGUE
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – gift of gab, fluency
• MEDICINE WOLF
n. 1837 Amer. dial. – a coyote
• MEDICO
n. 1. M19 sl. – a doctor
n. 2. 1940s sl. – a medical student
• MEDICUS
n. 1570 – a doctor, a physician
• MEDIEVAL
adj. L19 sl. – barbaric, illiberal, cruel
• MEDINA
n. 1990s African-American sl. – a nickname for Brooklyn
• MEDINARY
adj. 1944 Amer. dial. – mediocre
• MEDIO
n. 1944 Amer. dial. – a five-cent piece
• MEDIOCRACY
n. Bk1991 – government or dominance of society by the mediocre
• MEDIOCRITURE
n. 1574 obs. – moderation; moderateness of quantity, amount, degree
• MEDISANCE
n. 1656 obs. – evil speaking; reproach; obloquy; detraction
• MEDITABUND
adj. 1681 obs. rare – absorbed in meditation; pensive, thoughtful
• MEDITATION
n. 1960s US prison sl. – solitary or segregated confinement
• MEDITERRANEAN BACK
n. 1970s Aust. sl. – a supposedly fake illness or incapacity, used to justify malingering, apparently by Italians, Greeks, Yugoslavs and others seen as lazier than ‘White’ Australians
• MEDIUM
n. 1930s Irish sl. – an indeterminate measure of beer, approx. 0.3 litres (a half-pint)
• THE MEDIUM
n. 20C Irish – the Irish language
• MEDLAR
n. 1. 16C sl. – the vagina
n. 2. 17C sl. – a promiscuous woman
• MEDLAR TREE
n. 1. 16C sl. – the vagina
n. 2. 17C sl. – a promiscuous woman
• MEDLEY
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a commotion, tumult
vb. 1861 Eng. dial. – to mix, to mingle
• MED-MAN
n. 1. 1930s US sl. – a quack or a patent medicine seller
n. 2. 1940s sl. – a doctor
• MEDZA; MEDZER
n. M19 sl. – half
• MEDZERS
n. 1960s sl. – money
• MEECH
vb. 1. 1746 Eng. & Amer. dial. – to sneak, to slink, to skulk; to idle stealthily or shamefacedly about; to creep about softly; to cringe; to look ashamed
vb. 2. 1794 Eng. dial. – to play truant; to absent oneself without leave
vb. 3. 1863 Eng. dial. – to gather up by picking or begging
vb. 4. 1952 Amer. dial. – to whimper, to grumble
• MEECHER
n. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a sneak, a lurking thief
n. 2. 1825 Eng. dial. – a truant
• MEECHING
adj. 1. 1792 Eng. & Amer. dial. – skulking, sneaking, creeping softly; cringing; self-deprecating, obsequious; contemptible, useless, good-for-nothing
adj. 2. 1836 Eng. dial. – poor-spirited, melancholy, complaining
• MEECHY
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. – greedy in money matters; miserly
• MEED
n. 1. 1724 Sc. – mood, disposition; bearing, courage
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – desert, reward
• MEEDISH
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – of a man: effeminate; of a woman: prudish
• MEEDLESS
adj. 1. 1703 Eng. dial. – undecided, unable to make up one’s mind; heedless, without thought or plan
adj. 2. 1790 Eng. dial. – troublesome, tiresome, unruly; restless
• MEEJA; MEEJAH; MEEJER
n. 1983 Brit. sl. – media
• MEEJICK
n. 1880 Eng. dial. – anything strange or unusual
• MEEJUM
n. 1930s Irish sl. – an indeterminate measure of beer, approx. 0.3 litres (a half-pint)
• MEEK AS MOSES
adj. 1860 – very patient and mild-mannered; quietly accepting
• MEEKING
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – ailing, lacking energy, drooping
• MEEK-TASTED
adj. 1897 Sc. – sweet or mild of taste
• MEE-MAMMA
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a grandmother
• MEE-MAW
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – affected, mincing, prim
int. 1992 Amer. dial. – me first!
n. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – an antic or grotesque action or expression of face, a grimace; dumb show; an affected manner, affectation
n. 2. 1895 Eng. dial. – a simpleton, a fool
n. 3. 1899 Eng. dial. – a trifle, a gewgaw
n. 4. 1966 Amer. dial. – a grandmother
vb. 1. 1874 Eng. dial. – to make signs or grimaces; to be affected; to do anything affectedly
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to dress up, to wear a great many gewgaws
vb. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to wheedle, to coax, to caress in a wheedling manner
• MEEMAWING
adj. 1886 Eng. dial. – affected, mincing
• MEE-MAWS
n. 1988 Sc. sl. – the police
• MEE-MEE
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a grandmother; rarely, a mother
• MEEMIES
n. 1946 US sl. – a feeling of anxiety and fear
• MEE-MO
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a grandmother
• MEEN
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to shiver slightly
• MEENING
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an imperfect fit of the ague
• MEE-POP
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a grandfather
• MEEPY-MOPPY
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – the game of ‘hide and seek’
• MEERAN
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a carrot
• MEER-BROWED
adj. Bk1905 Sc. – having eyebrows that meet together
• MEERISH
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – effeminate; insipid
• MEER-WOMAN
n. 1822 Sc. obs. – a mermaid
• MEESCHLE
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a mixture; a state of confusion
vb. Bk1905 Sc. – to mix; to throw into confusion
• MEESCHLE-MASCHLE
adj. Bk1905 Sc. – confused; much connected by intermarriage
n. Bk1905 Sc. – great confusion; a confused mass of anything
• MEESE
adj. 2003 UK homosexual sl. – plain
n. 1777 Eng. dial. – moss; the lichen which grows upon apple-trees
• MEESH
n. c1990s Welsh playground sl. – a skinny little runt who acts like he goes looking for a fight every 2 minutes
• MEESK
adj. 1929 Sc. – prim, fastidious; applied esp. to one who has to be coaxed to eat
• MEESTLE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a dog
• MEESY
adj. 1. 1777 Eng. dial. – mossy
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – tainted, unsavoury
• MEET
adv. 1. 1806 Eng. dial. – just, exactly
adv. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs. – indifferently
n. 1. 1865 UK sl. – a meeting, esp. one convened to discuss illegal matters
n. 2. 1916 Amer. dial. – a place where two or more trains come together, esp. from opposite directions
n. 3. 1957 US sl. – a session in which musicians collectively improve; a jam session
n. 4. 1969 Amer. dial. – an equal or match
vb. 1. 1846 Eng. dial. obs. – to place, to put
vb. 2. 1990 US sl. – in poker: to make a bet equal to the previous bet
vb. 3. 1991 Amer. dial. – to introduce
• MEET A SPLAY-FOOTED BAKER
vb. 1813 – to receive a warning of ill luck
• MEET COURT
vb. 1970 Amer. dial. – to go to a court of law
• MEETEN’D
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – made fit; prepared, or adapted
• MEETERLY
adj. 1684 Eng. dial. – moderate, in a fair state, middling
adv. 1. 1703 Eng. dial. – tolerably, moderately, fairly
adv. 2. 1790 Eng. dial. – handsomely, modestly, agreeably
• MEETH
adj. 1. 1768 Sc. & Eng. dial. – of the weather: hot, sultry, close; of persons: exhausted with heat
adj. 2. Bk1905 Sc. – modest, mild, gentle
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a hint, an innuendo
vb. 1851 Eng. dial. – to breathe with difficulty; to choke
• MEET-HER-IN-THE-ENTRY-KISS-HER-IN-THE-BUTTERY
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – the pansy, Viola tricolor
• MEETHNESS
n. 1768 Sc. – extreme heat; sultriness; soft, close weather
• MEETHS
n. Bk1905 Sc. – activity, bodily energy
• MEET IN ANYONE’S BEARD
vb. c1450 obs. – to oppose him openly and resolutely
• MEETING
n. 1. 1687 Amer. dial. – a religious service; an assembly for worship
n. 2. 1713 Amer. dial. – a local congregation of Quakers
• MEETINGER
n. 1858 Amer. dial. – one who takes part in a religious services
• MEETING-GOING
adj. 1954 Amer. dial. – of clothes: best, most formal
• MEETING-HOUSE
n. 1. 1632 Amer. dial. – a church building
n. 2. 1858 Ireland & Eng. dial. – a Non-conformist chapel; an Irish Presbyterian church
• MEET IN THE FACE
vb. c1430 – to confront directly
• MEET-MARROW
n. 1900 Sc. – an exact copy or facsimile; a fellow
• MEET ONE WITH THE OPEN PALM
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to be ready to shake hands
• MEET THE MAN
vb. 1910s sl. – to go to work
• MEET THE STAFF
vb. 2001 US sl. – to have sex
• MEET-UP
n. 1903 Amer. dial. – a friend
• MEET UP WITH
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to be the equal of or match for
• MEET WITH A MISFORTUNE
vb. 19C sl. – to have an illegitimate child
• MEET WITH THE RUBBERS
vb. Bk1896 Amer. dial. – to have misfortune, ill-luck
• MEEVE
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to move
• MEEVERLY
adj. 1819 Eng. dial. – mild; of a gentle or modest disposition; shy, bashful; sparing in eating and drinking
adv. 1. 1750 Eng. dial. – modestly, handsomely
adv. 2. 1790 Eng. dial. – moderately, tolerably, middling; fairly well in health; easily, gently
• MEEYA
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – unpleasant; disagreeable
• MEEZLED
adj. 1810 Eng. dial. – spotted, blotched, marked with pimples; speckled, mottled
• MEFF
n. 1. c1960s UK playground sl. – a dirty, smelly individual; a person with disgusting habits
n. 2. c1960s UK playground sl. – a vagrant
• MEFF’D
adj. 2002 UK sl. – drunk
• MEFFER
n. 1. c1960s UK playground sl. – a dirty, smelly individual; a person with disgusting habits
n. 2. c1960s UK playground sl. – a vagrant
Back to INDEX M
Back to DICTIONARY
Updated: February 26, 2023
Lexicophilia 